Corelayer Authentication

generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://docs.corelayer.com/cli/overview + https://docs.corelayer.com/anomalies/sdk-metrics + changelog v1.3.0
summary:
  types: [apiKey]
  api_key_in: [header]
  oauth2_flows: []
  rbac: true
schemes:
- name: apiKey
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  header: Authorization
  format: Bearer <api-key>
  key_prefixes: [cl_live_, cl_key_, clr_]
  description: >-
    Corelayer v1 REST API authenticates with an API key sent as a bearer token
    in the Authorization header. Keys are created from the dashboard
    (Settings > API Keys) or via the API (POST /api/v1/api-keys), shown once,
    and can carry an optional expiration. Access is governed by role-based
    access control (RBAC) with per-key rate limiting and configurable tiers.
  sources: [docs]
browser_login:
  description: >-
    The CLI supports an interactive browser OAuth-style authorization flow
    (corelayer login) that authorizes CLI access for the current organization
    and stores the resulting API key + server URL in ~/.corelayer/config.json.
  auth_server: https://app.corelayer.com
credential_resolution_order:
- CORELAYER_API_KEY environment variable
- token stored in ~/.corelayer/config.json (from corelayer login)
notes: >-
  Legacy internal HMAC authentication was removed in v1.3.0 (March 2026) in
  favor of API key auth. No OAuth2/OIDC scopes surface is published; scopes/ is
  intentionally omitted (key-auth + RBAC, not OAuth scopes).